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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-04

CLE @ NYY

Home plate: James Jean

“An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much.”

A
Umpire Grade
95.5% accurate
0.6
Run Favor
runs, NYY
2
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how James Jean called the 134 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 128 right. Below, only his misses are plotted, alongside every pitch the ABS (Automated Ball-Strike System) reviewed on a challenge.

The zone, as he called it

Challenge 1: J.C. Escarra — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Carlos Rodón — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Steven Kwan — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Austin Hedges — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: J.C. Escarra — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.39▲4 · 2-2 ball called strike· challenged
    Steven Kwan vs Carlos Rodón
  2. 2+0.19▼6 · 2-0 strike called ball
    Ben Rice vs Slade Cecconi
  3. 3+0.13▼1 · 1-1 strike called ball
    Ben Rice vs Slade Cecconi

Run impact from the count run-value table: a missed strike three is worth far more than one on 3-0.

ABS — the Automated Ball-Strike System

5 pitches went to the robots · 2 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1J.C. Escarra — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  2. 2Carlos Rodón — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Steven Kwan — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Austin Hedges — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5J.C. Escarra — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 1 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.